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November 13, 2024 | View as a webpage
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November 21 is National Rural Health Day
National Rural Health Day, observed on the third Thursday of November, is a day to celebrate the efforts of rural health care providers, organizations, local health departments, and other stakeholders dedicated to addressing the challenges and unique healthcare needs of rural America.
Join the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health on November 21 at 2:00 p.m. ET for a webinar celebrating National Rural Health Day and learn about the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Rural Communities Opioid Response Program.
November 21, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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Funding |
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Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative and Promising Strategies to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries
Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support research evaluating the effectiveness of innovative and promising strategies to prevent all forms of firearm-related violence, injuries, and deaths.
Deadline is December 2.
Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science
Grant from the NIH to enhance the sustainability and impact of research software tools by enabling the use of best practices and design principles in software development and by leveraging continuing advances in computing.
Deadline is December 4.
The Confluence of Cancer Stigma and HIV Stigma in HIV-positive Individuals Diagnosed with Cancer
Grant from the NIH to support research that expands the current understanding of the confluence of cancer stigma and HIV stigma among people with HIV (PWH) diagnosed with cancer; assesses the impact of these two converging stigmas on cancer outcomes among PWH with cancer; leverages stigma reduction interventions at multiple levels to intervene on modifiable mechanisms of stigma that contribute to negative cancer outcomes among PWH with cancer; and promotes research in domestic and international contexts, focusing on regions in which the HIV-cancer burden is elevated.
Deadline is December 10.
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Translating Socioenvironmental Influences on Neurocognitive Development and Addiction Risk (TranSINDA)
Cooperative agreement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites applications for a Data Coordination Center (DCC) for the TranSINDA Consortium at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The DCC will serve as the organizational hub for the management and sharing of TranSINDA data, build a modern data ecosystem that integrates the data repository under common data standards, and serve as a resource for software tools for large scale data query, analysis, visualization, and integration.
Deadline is December 3.
Halting Tuberculosis (TB) Transmission
Grant from the NIH to understand the critical drivers of TB transmission at the individual and population levels in high-burden settings; to develop effective methods to measure rates of TB transmission that rely on an increased understanding of the biomedical basis of transmission and related risk factors; and assess potential interventions, including low-cost and low-tech options, to prevent TB transmission and detect infectious TB.
Deadline is December 4.
Interventions to Address HIV-Related Comorbidities among Highly Affected Populations Experiencing Health Disparities
Grant from the NIH to support multilevel and multidisciplinary intervention research to improve quality of life and promote successful aging among people with HIV associated non-AIDS comorbidities across the life course from racial and ethnic and lower socioeconomic status groups.
Deadline is December 11.
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Webinars and Other Events |
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Demystifying Artificial Intelligence and Empowering Community Impact
Webinar hosted by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
November 13, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Oral Health and Intimate Partner Violence: Strategies for Providing Safe and Comfortable Patient Experiences
Webinar hosted by National Network for Oral Health Access.
November 14, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Customizing Bioinformatics Support for Diverse Communities
Webinar hosted by NLM.
November 15, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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Workshop: Using Action Plans to Address Workload Challenges
Webinar hosted by the HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care Workforce Well-Being Technical Assistance.
November 14, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Promoting Walking for Health in Rural Communities
Webinar hosted by the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
November 14, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Empowering Well-Being: A Diabetes Journey with Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Frameworks & Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists 7 Self-care Behaviors
Spanish-language webinar hosted by the National Center for Farmworker Health. Live interpretation will be available in English.
November 19, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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Resources |
Guidance for Non-HIV-Specialized Providers Caring for Persons With HIV Who Have Been Displaced by Disasters
This guide from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides guidance to health care providers attending to the medical needs of adults, adolescents, and children with HIV who have been affected by disasters or displaced from disaster areas and who have not yet secured HIV care in the areas where they have relocated.
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Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families
This report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a vision for transforming the child and adolescent health care system and examines how the health care system can be better positioned to equitably address the needs of all children and families and leverage community supports.
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Team-Based Primary Care in Health Centers
Team-Based Primary Care in Health Centers from the National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership on Clinical Workforce Development is a comprehensive overview of implementing team-based care in health centers broken down into five parts: (1) Foundations of Team-Based Care, (2) Data-Driven Care, (3) Roles in Team-Based Care, (4) Training the Next Generation, and (5) the Future.
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Clinical Trials |
Disrupting SDOH to Improve Substance Use and Mental Health Outcomes for Parents in Rural Regions
This study, sponsored by Chestnut Health Systems in collaboration with NIDA, will evaluate the effectiveness of the Just Care for Families program in preventing Oregon Department of Human Services-involved parents in rural communities from escalating opioid and/or methamphetamine use and mental health disorders by disrupting the associated social determinants of health (SDOH). This study will take place in Eugene, Oregon.
Reaching Rural Veterans: Applying Mind-Body Skills for Pain Using a Whole Health Telehealth Intervention
This study, sponsored by the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, addresses the significant challenge of providing evidence-based non-pharmacologic pain management to rural-dwelling veterans in the Veterans Affairs healthcare system who have chronic pain. This study will take place in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Workforce Development |
The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy
The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University is a unique fellowship designed to prepare physician-leaders, particularly physicians from groups underrepresented in medicine, to become leaders who improve the health of historically marginalized populations. Fellows focus on transforming health care delivery systems and promoting innovation in policies, practices and programs that address health equity and the social determinants of health.
Applications due December 1, by 11:59 p.m. ET.
2024 Medicare OEP Bootcamp and Resources
This collection of training materials and presentations provide a Medicare Open Enrollment Period (OEP) overview, 1-800-MEDICARE overview, OEP media outreach campaigns, Medicare Plan Finder basics, and more information for health professionals that assist patients enroll in Medicare.
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Knowledge Center |
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Recommended Reading
In honor of National Rural Health Day, the OMH Knowledge Center is sharing the resource Talking About Health Disparities in Rural Contexts. This report, published by FrameWorks Institute, presents resources and engagement tools to help public health professionals build understanding about health disparities in rural contexts and advance health equity. This resource offers local public health communicators strategies to foster curiosity-driven conversations that encourage people to think more deeply about effective public responses.
You can access this free resource through the online catalog here.
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